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The drama of Facebook

Learning with e's

The world''s largest and most successful social network, Facebook - celebrated its tenth anniversary in February 2014. Facebook is a social phenomenon that cannot be ignored. Facebook is a social phenomenon that cannot be ignored. For many, the drama of Facebook is very real. Unported License.

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Learning and teaching with Twitter

Learning with e's

What do we do about maintenance of confidentiality, privacy and the need to protect kids from internet predators? It relates to the need to persist with the tool so that you give it enough time to build up a critical mass of followers and followed, ensuring that your personal learning network (PLN) becomes effective. Unported License.

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Back stage front stage

Learning with e's

I was applying Goffman's theory to online spaces such as social networks. I asked the group how many of them had a Facebook account. Next we discussed how people represent themselves on Facebook through their profiles, pictures, games they play, groups they join, and people they 'friend' online. Unported License.

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New spaces, new pedagogies

Learning with e's

They can easily connect into and maintain contact with multiple communities of interest, gaining access to experts using social networking tools such as Myspace and Facebook. They can organise their own resources through free and easy to use tagging and social filtering tools. wikis privacy digital identity.

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Watch your back!

Learning with e's

One of the important skills I identified in a previous post on digital literacies is how people manage and protect their privacy. Indeed, each of us is vulnerable because there is a huge potential for our privacy to be breached in any online environment. This begs the question - can any of us protect our privacy on the web?

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Open door classrooms

Learning with e's

The next step would be to enable live web streaming, dynamic social networking and Twitter backchannels to operate while classroom sessions are in progress. Child safety/privacy is another concern. Think of all the archived learning resources that could be generated for later, on demand use. Should this be a barrier?

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Best of informal learning since September 1, 2010…

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

How Facebook and Twitter Are Replacing Blogging - Forbes.com: News , November 4, 2010. Facebook Testing New ‘Mention’ Feature On News Feeds - Forbes.com: News , November 8, 2010. Do’s and Don’ts for Your Work’s Social Platforms - HarvardBusiness.org , September 28, 2010.